Verbal Ability - Synonyms - Discussion
Discussion Forum : Synonyms - Section 2 (Q.No. 58)
Directions to Solve
In each of the sentences given below a word is printed in bold. Below it four choices are given. Pick up the one which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word printer in bold and can replaces it without altering the meaning of the sentence.
58.
Some people just cannot compromise where truth is concerned.
Discussion:
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Gamer said:
1 decade ago
Why not yield?
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Krishna said:
9 years ago
Compromise and conciliate have same meaning then why we want to choose adjust?
Efemena Jakpor said:
8 years ago
It is clearly yield. Adjust doesnt flow in the sentence and from synonyms found in the Cambridge dictionary, yeld was clearly the option as it suggest something done involuntarily based on circumstances. Adjust is more of something done voluntary not a situation where you are boxed in with no choice.
Tests Cyanide Jenberu said:
2 years ago
I think the answer is that accommodate may be conciliate but accommodate and compromise have a parallel meaning.
Jeftha Dkhar Dann said:
2 months ago
Explanation:
Compromise → to give in or make concessions, especially in a dispute.
Adjust → make small changes (related, but not exact).
Accommodate → adapt or make suitable (related, but less about giving in).
Yield → give way or concede → same meaning.
Conciliate → try to make peace (related, but more about reconciliation).
So, cannot compromise = cannot yield or give in.
Compromise → to give in or make concessions, especially in a dispute.
Adjust → make small changes (related, but not exact).
Accommodate → adapt or make suitable (related, but less about giving in).
Yield → give way or concede → same meaning.
Conciliate → try to make peace (related, but more about reconciliation).
So, cannot compromise = cannot yield or give in.
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